When his old friend Blake Peters calls in some overdue favors. Garrett feels like he’s committed himself to a corps of corpses. Someone is trying to kill Blake's wealthy, retired General Stantnor, in a most lingering, painful, and maybe poisonous way. Can Garrett keep the general above ground?
But Stantnor's mansion holds a host of surprises for a human detective who thought he'd seen it all. For while the general is dying slowly, his employees are losing their lives at a far speedier rate. And when some of the not-long-departed try to enlist their comrades in the growing legions of the dead, Garrett knows it's time to call in his own troops—in the person of Morley Dotes, the toughest half-elf around. With Morley guarding his back, Garrett's got to handle—or gets his hands on—both the killer and the mansion's two elusive beauties, who seem invisible to everyone but Garrett!
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From Library JournalA veteran of the Cantard War calls in a debt and hires private investigator Garrett to discover a poisoner in the household of a retired general of the Fleet Marines. A host of walking dead, a mysterious woman in white, and a ramshackle estate on the outskirts of the city of TunFaire lend a gothic feel to the latest fantasy/mystery in a series that includes Sweet Silver Blues, Bitter Gold Hearts, and Cold Copper Tears . Recommended for fantasy collections.-- JC
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